Chapter LVIII. *to establish two additional Land Districts in the Territory of Minnesota.* July 8, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Two additional land districts established
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Chap. LVIII.— An Act *to establish two additional Land Districts in the Territory of Minnesota.* July 8, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Two additional land districts established. That all that portion of the Territory of Minnesota which lies north of the line dividing townships forty-five and forty-six, north of the base line east of the Mississippi Amended 1858, ch. 32.*Post*, p. 286.River, and north of the nearest township line, to be determined hereafter by the commissioner of the General Land-Office, west of said river, extending thence west to the Missouri River, be, and the same is hereby divided into and shall constitute two additional land districts, to wit:
All that portion lying east of the line dividing ranges eighteen and nineteen west of the fourth principal meridian shall constitute a land district, to be called the northeastern land district; and all that portion west of the line dividing said ranges eighteen and nineteen shall constitute an additional land district in said territory, to be called the northwestern land district, the location of the offices for which shall be designated by the President of the United States, and shall by him from time to time be changed, as the public interests may seem to require.
Sec. 2. Officers for said districts. *And be it further enacted,* That the President be, and he is hereby authorized, whenever in his judgment the public interest shall require, to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or during the recess thereof, and until the end of the next session of Congress after such appointment, a register and a receiver for each or either of the districts hereby created, who shall respectively be required to reside at the site of their offices, have the same powers, responsibilities, and emoluments, and be subject to the same acts and penalties, which are or may be prescribed by law, in relation to other land-offices of the United States.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the President is authorized to THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 59, 65, 72. 1856.27cause the public lands in said districts, with the exception of such asSale of lands therein. have been or may be reserved for other purposes, to be exposed to sale, in the same manner and upon the same terms and conditions as other public lands of the United States. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That for the survey, at augmentedAppropriation for surveys. rates, of meridian, standard parallel, township, and section lines, in the districts hereby created, the sum of forty thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated.
Approved, July 8, 1856. Chapter LIX: authorize the President of the United States to cause the Southern Boundary Line of Kansas Territory to be surveyed and marked. 11 Stat. 27 1856-07-08 Chapter LIX Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 2 public
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*to establish two additional Land Districts in the Territory of Minnesota.* July 8, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Two additional land districts established
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